Why Did Volkswagen Cheat On Diesel Emissions In Its TDI Cars?

By John Voelcker 3,440 views Sep 26, 2015 Follow John Add to circle 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Enlarge Photo The bad news for Volkswagen just keeps on coming. In the last week, the company has fired much of its upper management, eradicated all mention of its TDI diesels from its U.S. website, and admitted that 11 diesel million vehicles have software that enabled them to pass emission tests whle emitting 10 to 35 times the permissible U.S. levels of nitrous oxides. Yesterday the German transport ministry announced that Volkswagen had rigged emission tests on 2.8 million diesel vehicles in Germany alone. Switzerland temporarily banned the sale of VW diesels in the country. DON'T MISS: VW Diesel Emissions Recall: What You Need To Know In 10 Questions And there will likely be more news--much more--in the coming days and weeks. The scope and impact of the scandal is one that no...